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worldatarms ONLINE (07/28/2015) [-] I really hate Green peace because they keep doing stupid **** on Nuclear, Historical sites where they're literally putting more people at risk by their own stupidity than the areas could ever do.
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reginleif ONLINE (07/28/2015) [-] **reginleif used "*roll picture*"**
**reginleif rolled image** :/ The problem with nuclear is that the advocates for it always point out how safe it is, and in theory it is safer as long as precautions are taken. But we're human and I don't think I can trust people to not take short cuts and **** us over.
We went through this issue in our ecology class with tankers-trains- and trucks
It's cheaper and less polluting to use giant boats to carry our oil, trains pollute more and cost more, trucks are the most expensive option and pollute the most.
However.... truck spills (which are much more common) pose much less of a risk to the environment if something goes wrong, while tankers cause environmental disasters as with most offshore oil **** .
I carry that same thought with nuclear..... it's good in theory, but when we add in the fact that a **** up will happen, it's not worth it imo.
**reginleif rolled image** :/ The problem with nuclear is that the advocates for it always point out how safe it is, and in theory it is safer as long as precautions are taken. But we're human and I don't think I can trust people to not take short cuts and **** us over.
We went through this issue in our ecology class with tankers-trains- and trucks
It's cheaper and less polluting to use giant boats to carry our oil, trains pollute more and cost more, trucks are the most expensive option and pollute the most.
However.... truck spills (which are much more common) pose much less of a risk to the environment if something goes wrong, while tankers cause environmental disasters as with most offshore oil **** .
I carry that same thought with nuclear..... it's good in theory, but when we add in the fact that a **** up will happen, it's not worth it imo.
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anon (07/28/2015) [-]
You could say the same about planes and cars. Car crashes are WAY more common than plane crashes, but an individual plane crash (especially in cases like 9/11) can cause way more damage than an individual car crash. Despite this, car crashes are responsible for many times the deaths of plane crashes.
Fact is, coal plants produce significantly more radiation than nuclear plants with the exceptions of extreme ******* like chernobyl. And considering that since nuclear power was introduced, only two major incidents have occurred (three if you count three mile island), I wouldn't be surprised if the overall effect of coal plants was more significant than the effect of those incidents, all of which were the result of cutting corners and ignoring blatant safety restrictions (Even fukushima, because they built it on a known risk area to save money). In the west, safety regulations are so considerable that it would take a malicious attack for anything to actually go wrong.
Trying to keep us from using nuclear power does nothing but slow our growth, and is entirely the result of ignorance and fear. It would be like trying to ban planes after 9/11, even though security at airports has made a terrorist attack extremely unfeasible, in the hopes that more people die (and cause car crashes)
Fact is, coal plants produce significantly more radiation than nuclear plants with the exceptions of extreme ******* like chernobyl. And considering that since nuclear power was introduced, only two major incidents have occurred (three if you count three mile island), I wouldn't be surprised if the overall effect of coal plants was more significant than the effect of those incidents, all of which were the result of cutting corners and ignoring blatant safety restrictions (Even fukushima, because they built it on a known risk area to save money). In the west, safety regulations are so considerable that it would take a malicious attack for anything to actually go wrong.
Trying to keep us from using nuclear power does nothing but slow our growth, and is entirely the result of ignorance and fear. It would be like trying to ban planes after 9/11, even though security at airports has made a terrorist attack extremely unfeasible, in the hopes that more people die (and cause car crashes)
